Comedian and actor Cheech Marin, who gifted his vast collection to the museum which carries his name, rolled into Riverside Saturday afternoon leading a procession of classic low riders.
"My heart is swelling at this point, man, this is a dear dream to have a museum dedicated to Chicano art," said Marin to a gleaming crowd."It came here to the city of Riverside."Art Meza brought his daughter to view the craftsmanship outside the museum and to see the one-of-a-kind art.
Free joints passed around ? Cheech!
Cheech FTW
I hope it's highlights American Hispanics/Mexicans accomplishments... The first Hispanic American woman into space was an L.A. native of Mexican descent. Her name Ellen Ochoa or Jose Moreno Hernandez an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. From Stockton.
Don't you mean Chicanx
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